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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-05-06
Clerk Of Gus Works

Clerk Of Gas Works.
T RESPECTFULLY announce myself a candi-
4 date for reelection TO the Office of clerk Of the
City Gas Works, subject to the primary election.
apps tpe L. THEO. COOK.
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Superintendent of Ct

>HpefiitetdGHCj GQS.
4 HEREBY announce myself candidate for re-
L election to the Office of Superintendent of Gas
and respectfully solicit the support Of my fellow
citizens-subiect to the primary.
ap26 tpe j. ROXBURY.
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Mcasurer Of Wood and Barl:.

McdSUTcr Of H00d and Bdrt.
M EASURER OF WOOD AND BARK re-
lYl spectfully announce myself candidate for
reelection to the Office of Measurer of Wood and
Bark, subject to the decision of the primary cleo
tion [ap27-tpo WESLEY MAKELEY.
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Collector Of Tarcs Southern District.
T ANNOUNCE myself an independent candi.
Il date for Collector of Taxes for the Southern
District, subject to the general election.
apes 2w r. H. ATKINSON
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Neasutets Of Lnmler.


NoTICE.-I respectfully announce myself a
IN candidate for reelection to the office of
Measurer of Lumber, subject to the decision Of the
democratic primary.
ap27.tpe STEPHEN SWAIN.
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| RESPECTFULLY announce myself candi
date for reelection to the Office of Collector OF
Taxes for the Northern District, subject to the
decision of the democratic primary.
ap25 tpc JOHN T. HILL
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| HEREBY announced myself a candidate for
1.-the Office of Collector of Taxes for the Northern
District subject to the primary election.
Ap11-tf E. NJ ADAMS
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auditor.
A UDITOR-I respectfully announce myself a
"A candidate for City Auditor
ap27-2w WIN. A. MOORE.
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FISH DEALERS.
DISH FISH FISH,
w,I. H. SMzTEs "a CO..
Dealers in and Packers Of
Potomac Shad and Herring,

Having bought out the outfit of S. J. Reed, are
now prepared TO furnish tho trade with Fish in
hulk or 10y the barrel, half barrel and kits.
Having been in the business for long time,
they think they can give entire satisfaction to
any who may favor them with their orders
Fish house at the corporation fish wharf, No. ),
Alexandria, Va.
Al orders entrusted to them, addressed as above,
OF box 22S, Sill receive prompt attention.
ap13 If WDf Ii. SMITH & co.
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BY Grocn & Wise, Auctioneors.

ATTRACTIvE SALE.
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REAL ESTATE

COMMIssIONERs SALE OF VALUABLE
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11

An excellent memory is often found
in persons Of very little mind, sometimes
in persons of almost no mind at all.
Black Tom, the noted pianist, is an ex-
ample. Nearly imbecile in intellect, be
can remember every piece Of music he
has once played, and can reproduce it
any timc on the instrument without
notes. William While, generally
known as Blind Bill, negro inmate Of
the Atlanta, Georgia, poor house Che was
made bind by the enlargement, in boy
hood, Of his forehead, which nearly
covers his eyes( can tell without q sin
gle mistake the name, day Of arrival,
cause Of death, the age and ante
cedentso Of every person who has been an
inmate OF the house since he went there,
twelve years ago. He knows the name
Of every street Of Atlanta, and can go
anywhere with the assistance of the cane
lie always carries. Nothing that he has
ever been told escapes his recollection,
he can repeat it years after word for
word. He seems to have memory in his
fingers. He knows any one, whose hand
BIG has once taken, by taking it again,
when ten years have passed. He recog-
nizes HIM BY wart, mole, scar, the
shape Of the fingers, the lines in the
pam, or some other peculiarly,
his sense Of touch being
most delicate and marvel
lousy distinct Yet, outside Of this
gift, De has no intelligence, and i "a
below tie average Of negroes who have
been held IN slavery.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11

dangerous effects; that while classed 8,
an insoluble substance, Paris ores,a
becomes soluabIe to sensible a.
gree BY the action Of what NAV ~
called the natural agricultural solvents {
OF which carbonic acid and the solvenf
action Of the minute roots Of plants NAV
be regarded as tho most active; that
while other agents may assist in fxind
arsenious acid in the soil, the hydrated,
oxide Of iron is probably the most potent
factor in producing this insoluble copdi. |
ton; that enough Of this oxide is present.
in all fertile soils to render inert 4 com.
paratively large amount Of arsenic, and
that it is to this agent that we probably.
owc our safety when Paris Green is an
piled to the soil.
When Paris green is applied to the
soil In such quantity that the hydrate
oxide of iron present in such soil is NOT
sufficient to speedily change it to the
inert condition, we should expect this
agent to injurc the health, Or even de-
stroy the life Of the plant. The limit Of
safety would naturally vary with Vary
ing composition Of soils. Mr.. McMurtrie
places the limit in one instance at nine
hundred pounds to the acre, 4 quantity
vastly in excess Of any requirements al.
49,.
m insect poison. Finally the power Of
the soil to remove from solution and
hold in an insolublc form arsenious acid
and arscnites will protect the water SUPP
ply from deadly contamination by this.
agent unless the poison is used in excess.
ofany requirements as an insect Destroy
er.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11

The experiment Of turning cats loose
in Australia to destroy the swarms Of
rabbits is reported to have proved emf
nently successful. In one OF the worst
infected districts of Victoria $50 cats
were bought at shilling head, in
closed for q time in limited space by
means Of wire netting, fed on rabbits,
are afterwards turned loose in patches,
food having been still supplied in q
rough building for any cats which might
not at once support themselves by hunt
ing. Not single cat is known to have
found its way to it's original home, and,
as to the result Of the experiment, the
special reporter Of the Melbourne Far.
mcrs' Gazette says: During thorough
inspection Of the hummucks just little
before twilight our party succeeded in
seeing only three rabbits. The cats, on
the other hand, were to be met with
everywhere, and mangled rabbits, some
slaughtered but recently and other dead
for weeks, were come across in all direc.
tions. The cats were evidently the com.
plete masters of the situation The
writer goes on to express the opinion that
there is no doubt whatever as to the sue.
cess Of the experiment, which j., more,
over, as inexpensive as it is successful.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11
An Excellent Disg uise.

Nsstaurant. proprietor Ito chef
Pm afraid you have put q little too
much ycafin this chicken salad, Napo-
leon.
Chef-It's all veal, sir. Shall ] put IN
little chicken2
Restaurant proprietor-No, certainly
not. Put in some feathers, ana If any
guest says ''yeal'' to me, I'll ask
him if he ever saw calf with WINGS s.
LiSs.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11

United States Comptroller Trenholm
said in late interview, that during the
twenty three years since the National
Banking Act went into operation, 1862
National Banks have been organized, Of
which only liz have from all causes be-
come inso.vent. When the number of
these that afterwards paid their deposit
ors IN full is deducted, not more than
ifty-slx banks failed through the dis
honesty Of officials.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11

A Buckingham EngIond) farmer hai
Just presented his frst-b born for christen.
ing at his parish church with twenty-siz
Christian names from the Scripture, and
representing every letter Of the alphabet.
The names commenced with Abel and
ended with zaehariah. It was only with
the greatest difficulty that the clergy
man persuaded the farmer to content
himself with the first and last of the
appellations proposed. Tho surname O
the infant is jenkins.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11

Near Danbury, Conn, there isa rude
little church at which the sect known
Sandemanlans still worship. The
founder Of the sect was Robert Sande-
man, who died in Danbury in It'll, and
the peculiar tenets Of his followers be-
lief are the simple assent to the teach
ing and divinity Of Christ and the re-
lection Of all mystical sense from the
scriptures. Among their customs is
that Of kissing, and it is quite the
thing during the religious exercises for
the brothers and sisters thus toexchangc
greetings. The sect has not made much
Roadway, there being no other Sande-
manian church in America and but two
in Europe.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11

Tie United States consul at Sydney,
New South Wales, in his last report on
the diamond mines Of that region, points
out the suggestive fact that the famous
Kimberley mine, Of South Africa, has
produced more diamonds during the
last fifteen years than the who'd world
had produced for two centuries previous.
". With the development and proba-
Bile discovery Of new mines it seems as if
it were only q matter Of comparatively
short time before the diamond will have
lost the enviable position it now holds
among jewels.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11
A correspondent 81 the New York

A correspondent OF the New York
Christian Adoocdte says that Catherine
Rood Of Hamburg, vt, aged 1913 years,
is the Oldest Methodist in America. She
has been a protesting Christian for over
eighty years, and when in her prime was
noted for her faith and power IN prayer.
ION one OCCASION" writes the CORES
pendent, ''Sister Rood was exhorting at
camp-mceting. A young man spoke
in atrifing way Of her exercises As
she rebnked him the scorner fell as one
dead. He soon sought God"
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11

An En9lish journal says that the con-
sumption of paper and the volume Of
its manufacture are sometimes taken as
standards Of civilization, and, strangely
regardless of the conclusions which its
readers are likely to draw, publishes the
number Of mills in different coun-
tries. BY this enumeration the United
States stands first, having the greatest
number Of mills, Germany second, France
third and England fourth.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11

or the corn raised il this country $50, :
o0O 600 bushels are used in human food,
o24, 600, 900 for working animals, %, 600.
600 for seed, 100, 600, 600 for the pro-
dnction Of spirits and glucose, e5, 600, :
900 for export and 900, 900, 900 for the
food Of meat producing animals, making
altogether consumption Of 1880, 600,
600 bushels. The total crop the past
year is i, $50, 100000 bushels.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11

The Supreme Court Of Arkansas has
decided that Second Adventist must
observe Sunday, even though he also
observe Saturday as Sunday. This makes
Arkansas more rigid in this respect than
Massachusetts,, which allows any one
within its borders to perform secular
business On Sunday, that will disturb no
one else, provided he observes Saturday as
Sunday, conscientiously believing It to
be the proper day of rest. q
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11
A Mothers Love.

'fYou, Thomas, if you don't take that
brat cut of.here while / am writing
this poem on "a Mothers Love-" IN
cuff the side Of his head of, I said !
fashionable New York lady Of 4 literary
turn Of mind to her husband tic Other
day. Sfsings.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11
Poisons ON Farms.

In his farm talk in the american Cul-
tioator Ben: Perley Poorc makes two very
pertinent inquiries, viz.
What becomes OF Paris green in the
soila Why does it not reappearin vege-
tables. nor poison our wells and foun-
tains?n
He declares the reply ''that it is in
soluble in pnrc wateris not enough, for
it is scnsibly soluble in the natural
agricultural solvents"
Many experiments which show the
action of the soil on chemical substances.
and particularly on Paris green, estab-
lish that Paris green, after three months
contact with the soil, docs not exist as
acetoarsenite Of copper; that the ma
terial had not washed out Of the soil,
and that the arsenic comported itself,
90 far as solubility is concerned, as it
would If it existed in the form Of basic
arsenite of iron.
The conclusions drawn by Mr.. Kedzie
and other eminent chemists are that Paris
green, being deadly poison, should b.
handled with extreme care, as by inha-
lations Of the dust, BY contact Of the
material with sores and raw surfaces.
and even by contact with moist and
pcrspiring surfaces, it lnay produce
X &
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11
Household Hints.

TO remove mildew, soak in butter,nilkl
and spread on grass il the sun.
Boiling in strong soapsuds will clean
up an old lamp-burner and make it az
good as new.
Throughout the entire year turkeys
are saleable in lesser quantities for the
city hotels and restaurants chiefly, and
they average well the year through. I
It is great mistake to clean brass ara
ticlcs with acid, as they very soor
become dull after such treatment. Sweet
oil and putty powder, followed by soap
and water, is one of the best mediums
for Frightening brass and copper.
The strongest concentrated ammonia
will remove stains from old brass when
all else fails. The ammonia yapofi
changes the brass during the process ot
cleaning to bronze color, but the i'm.
mediate application Of the liquid re-
moves this at once.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11

The arrangement Of the farm as re-
CARDS fields and approaches to them and
the barns is matter Of much impor-
tance. It is quite as important to the
farmer as the arrangement Of the house
is to the farmers wife, for the conyen-
fence Of the work depends wholly upon
it. The land devoted to use for a per-
manent lane through the farm is not
lost, and it could be planted with fruit
trees If it should be thought desirable.
But easy access to the fields is para
mount necessity, and should be provided
for. The central location Of the build
dings is another important matter.
There are many farms upon which the
original buildings are past their useful
ness and need to be renewed, and it is
worth considering if it might not be best
to abolish them and to replace them
with new ones in better situation than
to repair and renew them. A question
of this kind was put to the writer a
short time ago, and on visiting the farm
it was so plain that a new set of build
ings ona central site, would be cheaper
than enlarging the old ones. that tho
owner at once concluded to have them
forthwith. "A great many farmers might
do the same with profit. IN r Times.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11


MINCED VEAL. - Cut the meat from
the bones, and having minced it very
fine with asmall piece Of lemon peek
crate over it alittle nutmeg, and sprinkle
on some pepper and salt. Put the boneF
into sauce pan with large onion
chopped fine and water enough to
moisten well; thicken with alittle houE
and butter and serve on buttered toasts'
MARROW BONE TOAST. Procure two
beef shin bones about six to eight incheA
long; cover them with dough and wraN
them in muslin; pour hot water enough
TO cover them, and boil for an hour and
half. Remove cloth and dough; shake
or draw out the marrow with longll
handled fork upon slices Of hot toastl
Add salt, cayenne, and if convenient, D
little chopped celery, and serve.
STEwED RAIGINs. --- Take one poun0
Of best raisins, pick them free from
stalks; cover in dish with cold wateH6
steep all night; put them in q stewpal
and bring the water to boiling point
then simmer until the skins are quiM
tender; turn into dish to cool, and
they are ready for use. This, with
bread, is an excellent dish for persoH
OF weak digestion or for invalids.
half . pound Of figs, each cut in folk
parts, be- stewcd with the raisins, thS
liquor will be rich, syrupy and deliciouG
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-02-11
ssapes In Fowls.

0ApCD hAh = UNW1ss
The fact that the disease known as
gapes in poultry is produced by para
site worm (Syngamas tracheuli0, which
infests tho trachca of the birds, was
settled long ago, and for most Of our
recent knowledge Of the worm and the
disease, we are indebted to the pr;zs cs-
say Of Pierre Megnin. According to
this author, the mature worms and their
eggs are coughed out of the throat of the
infested fowl, and the disease is spread
BY its associates picking them up along
with their food, Of By drinking water in
which the eggs may have Matched larv@.
No suggestion is allowed of any inter
mediate host. Mr.. H. D. Walker, in
an apparently carefully prepared paper
on this subject, details many expert
ments which he has tried, and several of
them point very strongly to the conclu-
sion that the earth worm may, in many
cases, play part in the distribution Of
the pest. The embryos have been found
living in the earth worm at allsseasons Of
the year, and earth worms from infested
localities, when fed to chickens, almost
invariably produce tho disease. DR..
Walker has also produced the disease in
robins, and claims to have found the
embryo Of the lung worm of calves in the
earth worm. american Naturalist.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-05-14
Four Hours.

Do the workingmen ever think of the
act that congressman, railroad officers in
fact nearly all salaried men, only calculate
to work about four hours day, and then
,eke summer and winter vacation be-
sides, while at the same time they oppose
reduction OF the regular working day Of
mechanics to eight hours'
The Labor enquirer., 1887-05-14
A EurOpenn Tramp.

Lee Merriweather one of the employees
of the national bureau of labor statistics
publishes through Harper an intensely in
teresting account of his recent investiga-
tion into the conditions of the European
workman. I
II is entitled "a Tramp Trip, or How to
See Europe on Fifty Cents Day." and is
not the ordinary guide-book kind OF
''travels" but dips deeper and has wider
vision by far. 1t is worth reading, and
some of its many careful tables of work
and wages shall be. hereafter quoted in the
ENQuIREg.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-05-14
THE GRAPH0PHoNr.
The New Invention which Does away
With Letter Writing.

A Mr.. Tainter, who has long been asso.
ciated with Prof. Alexander Graham. OF
Bell-telephohe fame, has taken up the
Edison phonosraph at the point where he
left 1t, and developed 1t from toy to an
article ofcommercial value, accomplishing
what Edison himself had long hoped to do,
The machine as perfected has been seen
by number Of gentlemen interested in
such matters, and before long it will be
given to the public.
1t is constructed on the same principle
as the phonograph, but with different ma.
terials, and instead of giving out squeak
ing metallic sound as when the sheet OF
tin foil was used, it now produces a full,
sonorous sound which can be distinctly
heard and understood in any part of an
ordinary sized room. The conversation
which person may address to the graph.
ophone is recorded upon thin sheets Of
wax in the shape Of tube placed upon a
cylinder. One Of these little tubes will
hold 1000 words. 5t..
A merchant, for instance, who has forty
letters to answer, can sit before one OF
these machines, turn the crank, and talk
his answers into the machiue, which re-
cords them upon the wax tube in the same
manner as in the old phonograph. After,
ward one of these little tubes can be
slipped of the cylinder and be sent by
mail to any part of the country. When
received 1t will only be necessary to put
the wax tube into a similar machine and
1t will reproduce the words of the original
speaker as often as may be wished.
Tubes, or envelopes, in which to enclose
these wax tubes have been invented and
accepted by the postofiice department for
transmission through the mails. The thin
wax tubes for use in the graphophone
will be on sale at all stationary stores at
about the same rate as letter paper. As
soon as this machine comes into general
use it will make every one his own aman.
uensis, doing away with the necessity for
a private secretary, a stenographer, type
writer. And it will be preventive OF
forgery, since 1t reproduces the exact
voice of the speaker so that those who are
familiar with it will recognize it at once.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-05-14
The "Inteilestual" Glasses.

New York sun,
A few days ago gentleman said to a
young lady of his acquaintance in her
teens, on seeing that she had deep scien-
tifc book in her hands,
"why, you select very deep literature
for your reading. had no idea you we're
so studious."
She answered: l.
"0h, is it deep book. did not know
what to get at the library, so took this, as
the cover compared so beautifully with
my hat. Did you ever see more perfect
matchi'
The Labor enquirer., 1887-05-14
DONE UP.
Tn. Great Iron Moid.r's Union Probably
Beaten by Unbrotberiy Action.
AtorrI.

By capitalist telegraph April 30. Qs true p
The boycotted 81. Louis stove patterns
we're received at the Kelley stove works at
Columbia, Pa, yesterday. The fifty
mouldcrs at once left the foundry. Thirty
Ave moulders in the Howe stove works at
Fulton, n. Y, went out yesterday. Three
hundred stove makers at Peekskill quit
work yesterday when the boycotted pat
terms we're introduced. In Albany the
stove mouldors went to work on the st.
Lc j. patterns under orders from The
K.of L. They will continue in the shops
until decision IL reached by them. Forty
moulders employed by the Syracuse stove
company struck when asked to work on
the 81. Louis patterns.
The stove makers ut Reading. Pa, have
declined TO require their hands TO handle
the st. Louis patterns.
The mouders at the stove works IN
Pittston, Pa, qt.' work Yesterday on ac
count Of the boycotted patterns.
The news from Albany of this strange
action strikes CONSERVATION to the hearts
of the Iron Molders' Union. II the strike
fails Il will be this unwarranted inter
ference that killed IL; the Albany capi
tali.t press are filed with praise of the X
of l.. leaders and the stove bosses vert
toasting them all day at their club rooms
The Labor enquirer., 1887-05-14
AaE.rHEv IcHaisrlrAiss,
wnI CHRIST Know His Church when
He Comes Agains

For the Enquirer. Hffi's
AirlW Christian woman once attended
modern church and being but plainly
dressed was shown to the very front pew
The sermon was by the Rev. Fashion
able Aristocrat, and the text was "Ren
der unto Cesar the things that are
Crkar's.n The sermon was an apolog,
for capitalist selhshness and warning te
the slaves to be content. Said the Right
Reverend;
" want to say "a word right here to tn.
poor to te1h them content. Be meek a,
was our Lord. Remember, brethren, tha,
those who are rich in this world shall b,
poor in the next. Be meek and do moi
complain. II ye wear rags here, ye shall
wear fine raiment In the streets of glory
II ye are hungry here, there ye shall b,
always flled-n
The Labor enquirer., 1887-05-14
In New Jersey.

The United Labor Party polled 1000
votes in Hudson county, New Jersey, and
elected ten of their candidates.